A tribute to the larger than life story of a hockey icon and hero.
The hockey world mourned when Pat Quinn died in November 2014.
Tough guys sobbed. Networks carried montages of Quinn's rugged hits, his
steely-eyed glare, and his famous victories. Quinn made a few enemies
over the years, but there was no one who didn't respect the tough
working-class kid who had fought his way to the very top of the hockey
world.
He had butted heads with superstars, with management, and with the
league itself. And he had also succeeded at every level, finishing his
journeyman's career as the captain of an NHL team, then quickly emerged
as one of the best coaches in the league. He gathered executive titles
like hockey cards, and done things his own way, picking up a law degree
along the way.
He was brash, dour, and abrasive--and people loved him for his alloy of
pugnacity and flair, his three-piece suits and cigars, his Churchillian
heft and his scowl.
In the end, the player who would never even have dreamed of being
inducted into the Hall of Fame was the chair of the Hall's selection
committee. That is Quinn's story: an underdog who succeeded so
completely that his legacy has become the standard by which others are
judged.
Told by bestselling author Dan Robson, and supported by the Quinn family
and network of friends, Quinn is the definitive account of one of the
game's biggest personalities and most storied lives.
